Is the 4th Amendment dead?

With each passing day we see government agencies encroaching on more and more of our Natural Rights, as guaranteed in the United States Constitution.

Not only that, but we see more and more so called “Conservative Republicans” in the political class supporting violating the Constitution.

The recent National Security Agency’s violation of the 4th Amendment by tracking Verizon Wireless Customers and their call records is a great example of this.

While the people are outraged that this would occur, and point their fingers at the Obama Administration, the fact is one of our “own” is responsible for this tyranny.

That’s right, one of West Virginia’s own “Star” Republicans is to blame.

Shelley Moore Capito, darling of the West Virginia GOP, voted not once but TWICE to violate the 4th Amendment, and voted for the so called Patriot Act that allows the Obama Administration to spy on ALL Americans without a warrant, and then suppoorted the repeal of the 5th and 6th Amendments by voting for the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows the government to detain you indefinitely, even ship YOU to foreign prisons, without a trial or due process.

Not only that, but she has also voted for CISPA to allow Obama and his team to spy on all of your email as well.

Now Shelley Moore Capito is running for the US Senate, with the blessings of many West Virginia State Politicians and GOP Party Officials.

While you are busy shaking your fist at the Obama Administration, you are missing the point. It is a fellow West Virginian that has given them permission to do such.

The 4th Amendment says- “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized”

It is time to hold fellow West Virginians accountable for these violations.

For Liberty begins at home, and we must clean our own house.

We must look beyond the letter, R or D, behind the name of a politician or candidate, and instead focus on their record, for actions speak much louder than words.

Be they clueless of your Constitutional Rights, or be they criminal in their violation thereof, we the PEOPLE are the defenders of the Constitution, as such we must hold politicians accountable for their criminal acts.

For Big Brother is coming, with the help of so called republicans like Shelley Moore Capito.

S. Chris Anders

West Virginia Campaign for Liberty

Shepherdstown, WV